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A guide to uninstall VLC from your computer

You can find on this page details on how to remove VLC for Windows. The Windows version was created by VideoLAN. More data about VideoLAN can be found here. More details about VLC can be found at . Usually the VLC application is placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\VLC directory, depending on the user's option during install. The full uninstall command line for VLC is C:\Program Files (x86)\VLC\uninstall.exe. The application's main executable file has a size of 133.94 KB (137152 bytes) on disk and is named vlc.exe.

VLC is comprised of the following executables which occupy 511.30 KB (523572 bytes) on disk:

  • uninstall.exe (256.43 KB)
  • vlc-cache-gen.exe (120.94 KB)
  • vlc.exe (133.94 KB)


The current page applies to VLC version 2.2.1 alone. You can find here a few links to other VLC versions:

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How to delete VLC from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

VLC is an application marketed by VideoLAN. Sometimes, users choose to remove this program. This can be efortful because performing this by hand requires some knowledge regarding PCs. The best QUICK action to remove VLC is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around tool to optimize your Windows computer.

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  • navigate to Download Link
  • download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD NOW button
  • install Advanced Uninstaller PRO
2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's design and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of tools.

3. Press the General Tools button
Go to General Tools


4. Press the Uninstall Programs feature
Go to Uninstall Programs


5. A list of the applications existing on the PC will be shown to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate VLC or simply activate the Search field and type in "VLC". If it exists on your system the VLC program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you select VLC in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is available to you:


  • Star rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have regarding VLC, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
  • Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
  • Technical information regarding the program you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.
For instance you can see that for VLC:





  • The publisher is: http://www.videolan.org/
  • The uninstall string is: C:\Program Files (x86)\VLC\uninstall.exe
7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the removal by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically uninstall VLC.
Uninstall VLC


8. After uninstalling VLC, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items of VLC which have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing VLC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your computer.

Your Windows PC will remain clean, speedy and able to take on new tasks.



Geographical user distribution

  • Windows 8.1 (6.3)
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Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall VLC by VideoLAN from your computer, nor are we saying that VLC by VideoLAN is not a good software application. This text simply contains detailed info on how to uninstall VLC supposing you decide this is what you want to do. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.

2015-06-17 / Written by Daniel Statescu for Advanced Uninstaller PRO

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Last update on: 2015-06-17 13:03:45.433